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February 14, 2016 UPDATE

European Council president Donald Tusk to meet with Romanian president Iohannis Bucharest

February 14, 2016 UPDATE
February 14, 2016 UPDATE

, 14.02.2016, 12:05

The President of Romania Klaus Iohannis is scheduled to have a meeting in Bucharest on Monday with the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. The meeting will precede the European Council meeting of February 18 -19, when a political agreement may be reached regarding Britains requests for a change in the rules governing the European Union. According to the British Prime Minister David Cameron, the UK has made its future EU membership conditional on the adoption of these changes. A referendum will be held in Britain, possibly in June, regarding the countrys exit from the European Union.



The Romanian Prime Minister Dacian Cioloş will make a visit to Brussels on Monday and Tuesday, to talk to high EU officials, including the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz. The Romanian PM will present the priorities of his Cabinet, his economic development strategy, the administrative reform programme as well as the manner in which Romania intends to get involved in the current European debates. The talks will also approach the issue of migration, the energy union and energy security, the progress made by Romania under the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism as indicated in the latest report of the European Commission, as well as the prospects for Romanias Schengen accession. Dacian Cioloş will also have talks with the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement, Johannes Hahn, with the European Commissions vice-president in charge with budget and human resources, Kristalina Georgieva, as well as with Romanian experts holding key posts in EU institutions.



The Parliament of Romania convenes on Monday, to discuss, among other things, a request sent by President Klaus Iohannis regarding the participation of the Romanian Army in the training of the Iraqi security forces, as part of the international coalition against the IS terrorist group. Romania will send 50 military personnel from fields such as special security forces, military intelligence and land troops, to train the Iraqi army. Klaus Iohannis has requested Parliament to approve this mission, which is to take place in 2016 alone.



The President of Russia Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Barack Obama agreed, during a telephone conversation on Sunday, to strengthen cooperation through diplomatic agencies and other entities to implement the Munich agreement on Syria, the Kremlin announced, according to Reuters. World leaders agreed on Friday on a temporary ceasefire in Syria, to begin in a week. According to the Russian presidency, during the talks participants reiterated the need for closer contacts between the Russian and American militaries, which would enable them to successfully tackle the IS and other terrorist groups. The two officials also discussed the importance of creating a common front against terrorism. The Syria situation was the key issue discussed at the Munich Security Conference these days.



The Romanian Foreign Minister, Lazăr Comănescu, is taking part on Monday in Brussels in a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council. The EU ministers will discuss a number of topical issues, including the political and economic situation in the Republic of Moldova and the ways in which the EU may assist this country, the prospects for the EU – Belarus relations, the recent developments in Syria from a humanitarian point of view and the outcomes of the February 4th Conference in London. The European officials will also exchange opinions with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration of Lebanon, Gebran Bassil, regarding the relations between the EU and Lebanon, and will analyse aspects of mutual interest related to the impact of the Syrian and Libyan crises on the Middle East region.


(translation by: Ana-Maria Popescu)

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